Saturday, January 28, 2012

Oceanhorn: Secret developer video Part I

Someone uploaded secret Oceanhorn stuff to youtube! ;) The game is still very much work in progress, but we are proud to give you this small sneak peak of its gameplay. By the way it is secret, so tell everyone!

Details of some progress that can be seen here:

We are developing a "story engine" at the moment. We can add NPCs and have them say proper things at the right phase of the quest. The game is going to be story based, but very similar to old action RPGs. Actually, I would like to use this chance to name one of my favourites: Seiken Densetsu (FFA / Mystic Quest) for Gameboy! That game is a perfect example of how to give you a giant quest with simple ingredients!

21 comments:

Very nice...i really hope it wont be a "farming jrpg"...and i hope it wont be something like "bring me ten goblin leather, 20 bird feathers and i will let you go" i really prefer something like "push this rock, pull that one, and the door will open" this kind of game is way more difficult, but waaay more enjoyable and durable!!! Thank you for the updates!

The graphic is just awesome!! ;DI really enjoying this. I can't wait to play oceanhorn.I'm a big zelda fan, the quests, the fightstyle, the gameplay... it is very goood!! It was just 2 weeks ago when i've finished skyward sword and it was nice but too easy. I hope oceanhorn will be more like wind waker and ocarina of time, because the two games were more tricky than the others.Back to the graphic of oceanhorn The graphic of oceanhorn is compared with other ios games like wii (other) and ps3 (oceanhorn) :pIn a next video could you show a quest.I really want to see it :))

Amazing, I'm just sorry everybody point out at this game as a "zelda clone" ...I just find it a really well done game, hope you'll find a good balance between simplicity and depth, Good Job, can't wait.. release an early version!

Will this also be for the iPod touch 4g. And if it is will it be a down scaled version graphic wise to iPhone 4s and iPad 2? Or will it actually run and look this good on iPod touch 4g as well? Thanks guys. Really looking forward to this. About time somebody makes a great adventure game. And good job on bike barron. Not reall my type of game but it was polished and enjoyable none the less. One of the better debs on iOS. Thanks a lot.

3D models and most of the shaders remains the same for iPods and iPhones. I would expect we have to remove some shaders and lower the shadowmap quality for iPhones and iPods, but you propably wont see it because of the smaller screensize. Even if we have to reduce visual quality, the game itself remains the same and game will look good.

I will deliver your kind words about Bike Baron to Mountain Sheep, they work at the same office with us. :)

Why only for the iOS? This would make for a great Live Arcade game on the XBox. And concerning controls, what not explore what is to me the best game with touch controls ever made, Zelda Phantom Hourglass? It resembles that game and with windwaker being your inspiration, that should work just fine. Try Phantom Hourglass e try its controls on your game and see if that works, and please consider make a Xbox Live Arcade version. It's an amazing game, congratulations.